This is a great video, especially if your group is large. Like 12 or more.
Check it out and let me know what you think.
When your group is too big from Southeast Christian Church on Vimeo.
mt
Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Group Ideas
Here's a few ideas:
Care Packages for Soldiers:
"Adopt" a soldier serving in Afghanistan or elsewhere. We've got the names of several, or maybe there is a connection within your own group. Cost to mail a large, flat rate box (no weight limit) is $12.95 to APO addresses. The boxes are free, and can be picked up at the post office or ordered online. Soldiers can also receive cards and notes, with standard postal rates (no overseas rates). They love cookies, chips and snack foods. You could also include a small book or even a Ripple Effect Prayer Journal. This is a great way to support out troops and share the Love of Jesus!
Chick-fil-A Stampede 5K:
We have been able to partner with our local Chick-fil-A in a number of activities. They have been a huge support of some of our ministry events. Let's return the love by serving them.
They will be having their inaugural Chick-fil-A Stampede 5K coming up on Saturday, September 24. They are needing volunteers to help with many aspects of the race, or you could even run in it! This event will support the Owasso Community Resources Inc., the YMCA, and M.A.D.D.
Each volunteer will receive a race day T-shirt and Chick-fil-A coupons.
Here is a link where you and your group can sign-up.
Chick-fil-A 5K Race Registration
Meet Fall Needs:
With fall approaching there will always be those who need help with fall projects. Raking leaves and winterizing the home can be too much for some to be able to accomplish. Look for those in your neighborhood or find a "senior saint" in our own church family that has a need, and as a group go share the love of Jesus!
If you've got other ideas, pass them on!
Have a great fall leaders!
mt
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Fall Groups Reminder
As we launch into a new season don't forget about the DNA of an FCC Group:
Go over all of these as you begin this season.
Set a goal to launch a new leader this season. Here's the 5 step process of producing a leader:
Let's see how many new leaders we can raise up this season!
mt
DNA of an FCC Group
1. Bible Study
2. Prayer
3. Leader Development
4. Outreach
5. Service
6. Fun
Go over all of these as you begin this season.
Set a goal to launch a new leader this season. Here's the 5 step process of producing a leader:
- I do, you watch, we talk
- I do, you help, we talk
- You do, I help, we talk
- You do, I watch, we talk
- We both repeat steps 1-4 with another.
Let's see how many new leaders we can raise up this season!
mt
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Leader Update 08.16.11
Hey Leaders!
I need to cover a few things with you all.
1. Sermon Based Studies: A new series will begin this Sunday called RENEW. It's going to be a four week study in the book of Colossians with one week in the middle to commemorate 9/11. Also starting this Sunday at the North Garnett campus, study guides will now be available on the back side of the welcome center instead of in the bulletin. Study guides will remain available Online as well. Download the bulletin and it's in there.
2. Recommended Studies: If you're looking for something else for your group, be sure to check out the Group Store. Studies that we have placed on there are ones that we recommend to you. If you choose a study that is not on the store, please let me know what that is so we're aware of what your group is doing. It may be a study we would like to add to the store! Be sure that your group site is up to date with what you plan to study this season.
3. 24 Hour Prayer Walk: Join us in prayer this Friday and Saturday as we launch into the Ripple Effect. As a church, we want to seek God as we embark on this journey together. Come as a group, as a family, or by yourself. Click Here to sign up to pray
Service Opportunities:
Serving is a part of the DNA of an FCC Group! Make sure your group is serving together. Here is a great opportunity:
1. Owasso CARES Volunteer Day of Service: This will be on Saturday, October 1st. The project area will focus on the Original Town area (downtown
Owasso), West of Main Street. The day will begin with a gathering of volunteers on the West lawn of City Hall at 8:30 am where groups will be instructed and then sent out to their respective areas. Typically, they wrap up by around 1:00 - 2:00 pm, however volunteers are free to stay or go as their individual needs dictate. Flier is Attached
2. Help a Mom Move: We have a lady in the community needing help moving from one apartment to another. If your group could help and show her the love of Jesus through this act of service, let me know.
Matt T.
I need to cover a few things with you all.
1. Sermon Based Studies: A new series will begin this Sunday called RENEW. It's going to be a four week study in the book of Colossians with one week in the middle to commemorate 9/11. Also starting this Sunday at the North Garnett campus, study guides will now be available on the back side of the welcome center instead of in the bulletin. Study guides will remain available Online as well. Download the bulletin and it's in there.
2. Recommended Studies: If you're looking for something else for your group, be sure to check out the Group Store. Studies that we have placed on there are ones that we recommend to you. If you choose a study that is not on the store, please let me know what that is so we're aware of what your group is doing. It may be a study we would like to add to the store! Be sure that your group site is up to date with what you plan to study this season.
3. 24 Hour Prayer Walk: Join us in prayer this Friday and Saturday as we launch into the Ripple Effect. As a church, we want to seek God as we embark on this journey together. Come as a group, as a family, or by yourself. Click Here to sign up to pray
Service Opportunities:
Serving is a part of the DNA of an FCC Group! Make sure your group is serving together. Here is a great opportunity:
1. Owasso CARES Volunteer Day of Service: This will be on Saturday, October 1st. The project area will focus on the Original Town area (downtown
Owasso), West of Main Street. The day will begin with a gathering of volunteers on the West lawn of City Hall at 8:30 am where groups will be instructed and then sent out to their respective areas. Typically, they wrap up by around 1:00 - 2:00 pm, however volunteers are free to stay or go as their individual needs dictate. Flier is Attached
2. Help a Mom Move: We have a lady in the community needing help moving from one apartment to another. If your group could help and show her the love of Jesus through this act of service, let me know.
Matt T.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Leader Lunch
We're having a leader lunch this Sunday, August 7th at 12:30 at the North Garnett Campus. You and your family are invited. We need all leaders there as we embark on a new season of groups at FCC. We want to encourage you and prepare you for what lies ahead. Please RSVP by going to the following link:
Forward the link above to those in your group who are potential leaders as well so we can help them on their journey to leadership.
See You Sunday!
Matt T.
Forward the link above to those in your group who are potential leaders as well so we can help them on their journey to leadership.
See You Sunday!
Matt T.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Making Room For More!
What would you do if someone new came to join your family? It may be the baby coming home from the hospital or the niece moving in for the summer. What would you do? I guess there's two options. You can ignore them and assume that they will find their way around the house, find food, get clothes, find a place to sleep, etc. Not sure how long that new family member would stick around or survive. Or the other option, you could prepare for their arrival with a place to sleep, clothes, food, etc. I'm thinking most of us would go with option two.
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but we've added a few more family members around here at FCC. We continue to see steady growth, even through the summer! The question is, are we going to ignore them or make room for them? Let me answer that... We have to make more room in our groups for our growing family. I'm not talking about building buildings, we have all the room we need in our homes!
We do need more leaders. Many of our current groups have reached capacity. We need new leaders to start new groups so we can accommodate new people.
What leader can take over your group so you can start a new one? What leader can you send out from your group to start another one?
The goal is not to see how long your group can last. The vision is to have multiplying groups who are multiplying leaders. Your group needs to know the vision from day one and continually be reminded so that they can share that same vision.
Now, let's make room!
Click here to fill out our Group Leader form:
Group Leader Information
Sign-ups for Fall Groups begin July 31st
Leader Lunch - August 7th @ 12:30
Kick-off Fall Groups - Week of August 28th (**New Date)
- Matt T.
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but we've added a few more family members around here at FCC. We continue to see steady growth, even through the summer! The question is, are we going to ignore them or make room for them? Let me answer that... We have to make more room in our groups for our growing family. I'm not talking about building buildings, we have all the room we need in our homes!
We do need more leaders. Many of our current groups have reached capacity. We need new leaders to start new groups so we can accommodate new people.
What leader can take over your group so you can start a new one? What leader can you send out from your group to start another one?
The goal is not to see how long your group can last. The vision is to have multiplying groups who are multiplying leaders. Your group needs to know the vision from day one and continually be reminded so that they can share that same vision.
Now, let's make room!
Click here to fill out our Group Leader form:
Group Leader Information
Sign-ups for Fall Groups begin July 31st
Leader Lunch - August 7th @ 12:30
Kick-off Fall Groups - Week of August 28th (**New Date)
- Matt T.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Service Opportunities!
Serving together is an important ingredient to having a healthy group. The goal is that every group (Classes and Life Groups) would serve together at least one time during a group season. Here are a few opportunities for your group:
FX
If you haven't heard FX is only 5 weeks away! FX is the biggest event of the year for our Children's Ministry and hundreds of families will be impacted through this week! It's gonna be awesome, but we can't do it alone! So we wanted to let you know that there are a lot of ways that your group can help with FX!
1. Help us repaint our set! Our set is about 4 years old and were hoping to give it a makeover before the event. If your group would be willing to help do some painting, we will happily provide the supplies!
2. If your group consists of families that don't have kids, we would love to have you help in the nursery during FX! This will allow parents to experience this program with their kids! This is a huge chance for you to free them up to worship as a family!
3. Have your group adopt a night! We have 4 nights and each one will have lots of opportunities to serve! Here are the nights and what will be taking place:
Sunday Night - Record Breaking Game Night Monday - Family Memory Night Tuesday - Messy Madness Night Wednesday - Picnic/inflatables Night
You can register for FX online at fccowasso.com and if your group would be willing to help with any of the things above please contact Aaron Rathbone at (918) 260-5159 or by email at arathbone@fccowasso.com
PRC
The Pregnancy Resource Center of Owasso (PRCO) would like to challenge your group to help us with our 4th Annual Fall Banquet Silent Auction. We are asking each group to pick a theme, purchase items that go with that theme and the PRCO will put the basket together for you. In return we will recognize that your Life Group sponsored that themed basket at our Silent Auction.
Some baskets that have been done in the past are:
Chocolate Basket:
Everyone in the group bought different kinds of chocolate
Tool Basket:
Everything you can think of for a starter tool box was placed in a tool box. Items such as: hammers, screw drivers, wall hanging kits, flash lights, tape, and much more.
Cocoa Basket:
Thermos’, hot cocoa mix, marshmallows, coffee mugs, coffee maker
Taste of Home Basket:
Taste of Home cookbook, cookie sheets, oven mitts, spatulas and more
If your group is interested decided what basket you will do and contact Amanda Cadwell at 918.272.6888 or email at acadwell@prcowasso.org.
We appreciate your help and look forward to hearing from you all.
CAFE
We need volunteers to help in the cafe on Sunday mornings. The cafe provides the food and drinks that help us have a better group time. Everyone does better in a group when they have a donut! At the time of my writing this, we will not have a cafe this Sunday, May 8th, due to no volunteers... If your group would be interested in taking a Sunday, let us know, we'd love to plug you in.
If you have any questions about these or anything else, let me know!
mt
FX
If you haven't heard FX is only 5 weeks away! FX is the biggest event of the year for our Children's Ministry and hundreds of families will be impacted through this week! It's gonna be awesome, but we can't do it alone! So we wanted to let you know that there are a lot of ways that your group can help with FX!
1. Help us repaint our set! Our set is about 4 years old and were hoping to give it a makeover before the event. If your group would be willing to help do some painting, we will happily provide the supplies!
2. If your group consists of families that don't have kids, we would love to have you help in the nursery during FX! This will allow parents to experience this program with their kids! This is a huge chance for you to free them up to worship as a family!
3. Have your group adopt a night! We have 4 nights and each one will have lots of opportunities to serve! Here are the nights and what will be taking place:
Sunday Night - Record Breaking Game Night Monday - Family Memory Night Tuesday - Messy Madness Night Wednesday - Picnic/inflatables Night
You can register for FX online at fccowasso.com and if your group would be willing to help with any of the things above please contact Aaron Rathbone at (918) 260-5159 or by email at arathbone@fccowasso.com
PRC
The Pregnancy Resource Center of Owasso (PRCO) would like to challenge your group to help us with our 4th Annual Fall Banquet Silent Auction. We are asking each group to pick a theme, purchase items that go with that theme and the PRCO will put the basket together for you. In return we will recognize that your Life Group sponsored that themed basket at our Silent Auction.
Some baskets that have been done in the past are:
Chocolate Basket:
Everyone in the group bought different kinds of chocolate
Tool Basket:
Everything you can think of for a starter tool box was placed in a tool box. Items such as: hammers, screw drivers, wall hanging kits, flash lights, tape, and much more.
Cocoa Basket:
Thermos’, hot cocoa mix, marshmallows, coffee mugs, coffee maker
Taste of Home Basket:
Taste of Home cookbook, cookie sheets, oven mitts, spatulas and more
If your group is interested decided what basket you will do and contact Amanda Cadwell at 918.272.6888 or email at acadwell@prcowasso.org.
We appreciate your help and look forward to hearing from you all.
CAFE
We need volunteers to help in the cafe on Sunday mornings. The cafe provides the food and drinks that help us have a better group time. Everyone does better in a group when they have a donut! At the time of my writing this, we will not have a cafe this Sunday, May 8th, due to no volunteers... If your group would be interested in taking a Sunday, let us know, we'd love to plug you in.
If you have any questions about these or anything else, let me know!
mt
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